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U.S. Marines and Sailors from units: 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company; Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269; 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion; 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion; Special Boat Team - 22, Naval Special Warfare Command Team; 2nd Transportation Battalion; 2nd Marine Division; 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing; 2nd Marine Logistics Group; 1st Marine Division; I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group; I Marine Expeditionary Force; II Marine Expeditionary Force; U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South; U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, and U.S. Southern Command came together to form Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS in support of exercise UNITAS 21. UNITAS is the world's longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Peru, it brought together multinational forces from twenty countries and included 29 ships, four submarines, and twenty aircraft conducting operations off the coast of Lima and in the jungles of Iquitos. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations and focuses on strengthening partnerships and increasing interoperability and capability between participating naval and marine forces. UNITAS 21 consisted of a maritime, amphibious, and amazon phase, which included a series of training events to build trust, enhance confidence, and strengthen interoperability to better prepare us for a combined, multinational response to emerging crises or natural disasters. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Camila Melendez)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS, participate in multiple training evolutions at Peruvian Marine Corps Base Ancon, Peru, Sept. 29, 2021, during exercise UNITAS LXII. UNITAS is the world's longest-running, maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Peru, it brings together multinational forces from twenty countries and includes 29 ships, four submarines, and twenty aircraft conducting operations off the coast of Lima and in the jungles of Iquitos. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations and focuses on strengthening partnerships and increasing interoperability and compatibility between participating naval and marine forces. (U.S Marine Corps video by Cpl. Nicolas Atehortua)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS, participate in multiple training evolutions at Peruvian Marine Corps Base Ancon, Peru, Sept. 29, 2021, during exercise UNITAS LXII. UNITAS is the world's longest-running, maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Peru, it brings together multinational forces from twenty countries and includes 29 ships, four submarines, and twenty aircraft conducting operations off the coast of Lima and in the jungles of Iquitos. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations and focuses on strengthening partnerships and increasing interoperability and compatibility between participating naval and marine forces. (U.S Marine Corps video by Cpl. Nicolas Atehortua)

Retired U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Sub Unit One tell stories of their time serving with Sub Unit One on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif, May 10, 2021. Sub Unit One provided Marine units and allied Vietnam forces the ability to target and eliminate enemy forces via Air and Naval Gunfire Sources. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anthony Mercado, commanding officer of 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, speaks on his time with 1st ANGLICO on their 70th anniversary at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, March 2, 2021. 1st ANGLICO was established in 1949 as the premier liaison company who helped develop the “universal spotter” concept, which consolidates the work of multiple Marines into one Marine trained to coordinate and control fires from artillery, naval gunfire, and close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Atticus Martinez)